Me thinks Mike's sarcasm detector goes to sleep early... Thank you, Chuck (419) 529-2444 ext.7134 -----Original Message----- From: ncolug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ncolug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:58 PM To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ncolug] Re: Two laptops needed temporarily Larry D wrote: But it should be OK to load up CP/M or an early edition of > Debian. > Haaaaa! That would be a feat since Linux never ran on x86 earlier than 386. There was a 286 port at one time, Elks or something like that. Don't know that it ever booted a kernel on the intended hardware. I would like to have a peek at the hw you describe though. Before it hits the museum that is. -- Mike http://www.bellyacresoh.com To unsubscribe send to ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.